Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng says the Government COULD bail out Liberty Steel but insists ministers will need a ‘guarantee that money would stay in the UK and would protect British jobs’ amid concerns over ‘very opaque structure’ of ownership group Ministers rejected an appeal from Liberty Steel for £170m in financial support Business Secretary Kwasi … Read more
£22.6MILLION FARADAY INSTITUTION PROJECTS The £22.6m announced today will fund refocused research projects, including targeting market opportunities and early-stage commercial development, in the following areas: EXTENDING BATTERY LIFE Led by Prof Clare Grey, University of Cambridge, with researchers from the Universities of Birmingham, Liverpool, Oxford, Sheffield, Southampton, Warwick, Imperial College London and UCL. BATTERY MODELLING … Read more
£22.6MILLION FARADAY INSTITUTION PROJECTS The £22.6m announced today will fund refocused research projects, including targeting market opportunities and early-stage commercial development, in the following areas: EXTENDING BATTERY LIFE Led by Prof Clare Grey, University of Cambridge, with researchers from the Universities of Birmingham, Liverpool, Oxford, Sheffield, Southampton, Warwick, Imperial College London and UCL. BATTERY MODELLING … Read more
Hopes the Government would provide a simpler workaround to the courts for the parents of disabled children locked out of their Child Trust Funds appear to have been dashed after ministers said it was up to the judiciary to make the process easier. Justice minister Lord Wolfson told peers in the House of Lords on … Read more
Victims of the contaminated blood scandal have welcomed the government’s decision to increase payments after a 40 year-long battle for justice. The Government has announced it is resolving disparities in financial support between England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland, as well as addressing broader issues, such as support for bereaved partners. The contaminated blood scandal … Read more
Downing Street is warning of possible delays to items bound for the UK because of the stuck ship blocking the Suez Canal. Crews are frantically trying to dislodge the cargo carrier Ever Given – and the success or failure of the operation will have ramifications for British shoppers. Boris Johnson’s official spokesperson said today: ‘We are … Read more
Covid cases are ONLY going up in children: Official data shows slight uptick in infections in youngsters… but only because of mass testing drive to reopen schools EXCLUSIVE: Schools opening has not yet resulted in more adults being infected, according to experts Millions of Covid lateral flow rapid tests have been carried out since schools … Read more
Car makers today demanded much greater support from the Government to help consumers buy electric vehicles if ministers’ ambitious ‘electric dreams’ are to become a reality. Rule makers must ‘put ordinary drivers at the heart of policy and planning’ if they are to win consumers’ ‘hearts and minds’, they said. Electric cars are still too … Read more
The Union flag is to be flown on all UK Government buildings every day in a bid to unite the nation, new guidance has set out. At present, Union flags are only required to be flown on all UK Government buildings on designated days, but the new guidance from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media … Read more
Most of the critical findings in the report were decided by majority, with the SNP trying to block them but their usual allies the Greens siding with the opposition. NICOLA STURGEON ‘FAILED TO RECOLLECT’ KEY MEETING The committee considered a meeting Nicola Sturgeon had with Alex Salmond’s aide Geoff Abberdein on March 29, 2018. She … Read more